You didn’t need to tell me
Your news was not a whim
I could read it in your eyes
The look they held so grim
I saw it plain as pavement
In driving down the road
The signs showed your directions
I understood the code
The traffic cautioned merging
All was moving at high speed
I saw you start diverging
And could not staunch the bleed
You told me it was nothing
But my head was now abuzz
With all the ending echoes
Of every sad because